Japan and Canada formally cemented a bilateral pact Friday to stimulate trade and investment opportunities in oil and LNG by sharing information and creating a forum to deal with energy issues. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister ...
Tags: pipelines, regasification plants
Private equity (PE) activities have increased substantially in the Chinese market over the past decade. PE funds invested in China rose to USD 15 billion in 2012, from below USD 1 billion in 2000. China now represents approximately 10% of ...
Tags: global investment, economy
Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe. The operator's group revenue dropped to APS44.4 billion (US$67.8 billion) for the year ended ...
Europe has set itself ambitious climate and energy targets: A third of the continent's electricity needs are to be met from renewable energy sources by 2020. Offshore wind power places a pivotal role in the mix. In their new study entitled ...
Tags: wind power, Global Investment
At the same time, even as many remain mystified by how it works, the payment alternative has enjoyed rapidly growing?acceptance?among online businesses and, particularly in recent weeks, surging popularity and value. At the time of ...
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Dick’s Sporting Goods saw net income rise 10 percent to $291 million for its fiscal year ended Feb. 2 as net sales jumped 12 percent to $5.84 billion, according to the company’s 10-K filing. Consolidated same-store sales rose ...
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. the largest U.S.-based full-line sporting goods retailer, reported sales and earnings results for the fourth quarter and full year ended February 2, 2013. Fourth Quarter Results (14 weeks compared to 13 weeks ...
Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox operating system and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress. The OS is being pitched as a better alternative for low-end ...
Mozilla has revealed that LG, ZTE, Huawei and TCL will all be producing handsets for its Firefox OS for mobiles. In an event at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, it also said that 18 operators, including Deutsche Telekom and ...
Tags: Mozilla, Firefox OS, mobile phone
Hasbro reported a slight drop in overall revenues and profit for its 2012 financial year, as expected. It said the holiday season was "challenging" in certain territories. Net revenues for the full-year 2012 were $4.09 billion, compared ...
Tags: Hasbro Profits, Toys, overall revenues
Shortages of touch-enabled Windows notebooks led to a steeper-than-expected decline in PC sales last quarter, an analyst said. According to IDC, global PC shipments in 2012's fourth quarter fell 6.4% compared to the same period in 2011, a ...
Tags: Windows notebook, PC sales, PC shipments
Kumba final results for the year ended 31 December 2011.Record safety,exports,earnings and dividends. Commenting on the results,Kumba Iron Ore("Kumba")CEO Chris Griffith said:"Driven by export volume growth and a 26%increase in iron ...
Tags: Kumba final results, operating, saftey, marketoutlook
Demand for solar energy across Latin America and the Caribbean is poised for explosive growth through 2017, with a forecast compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, according to NPD Solarbuzz. According to Chris Sunsong, analyst at NPD ...
Tags: solar energy, Latin America, the Caribbean, CAGR
Computerworld - In its 73 years, Hewlett-Packard has had bad quarters, but perhaps none like the one it posted Wednesday. Its $8.9 billion loss was huge, but there was little drama about it. HP's CEO, Meg Whitman, is already deep into a ...
Tags: HP plots, HP, Hewlett Packard, PC business, printer business
Mobile pioneer Research in Motion is fast approaching a crossroads on its long-term prospects. Due early next year, the company's BlackBerry 10 OS and related devices are a potential savior for the platform, and developers vested in ...
Tags: RIM, Mobile pioneer Research, BlackBerry 10, OS, related devices